The program will consist of free papers (presented as posters), symposia and the keynote. As of December 2018, we have confirmed our keynote speaker Professor Robert Zatorre, as well as five exciting symposia that are listed below. The full program will be available ca two weeks after the abstract submission deadline at the end of January 2019.

LaP 2019 keynote speaker Professor Robert Zatorre, PhD ( McGill University – Montreal Neurological Institute)

The five confirmed symposia in LaP 2019:

“Musical Deficits and Music-Based Rehabilitation after Stroke: Efficacy and Neural Mechanisms” (organizer Teppo Särkämö)

“Implicit musical learning and musical training” (organizers Mari Tervaniemi and Eleanor Harding)

“Musical Expertise, Perceptual Learning, and Transfer – How Experience Shapes Cognition” (organizer Susanne Jaeggi)

“Involvement of Short-term and Working Memory (STM/WM) in Aphasia, Part One: Theories and Approaches to Assessment” (organizers Nadine Martin, Steve Majerus, Laura Murray, and Christos Salis)

“Involvement of Short-term and Working Memory (STM/WM) in Aphasia, Part Two: Approaches to Treatment” (organizers Nadine Martin, Steve Majerus, Laura Murray, and Christos Salis)